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Pussy Riot and Amnesty Intl to rally for Chechnya's LGBTQ+ community

Iconic Russian feminist punk rock performance art collective, Pussy Riot, will join Amnesty International Australia to call for justice for the Chechen LGBTQ community at...

Amnesty call for religious bodies to abide by anti-discrimination laws

Amnesty International has called on the Turnbull government to remove exemptions that allow religious organisations to ignore anti-discrimination laws. The human rights organisation argues that...

Istanbul's Pride march is banned just one day before the event

Istanbul's Pride celebrations have been cancelled for the third year in a row. The city's governor cancelled the celebrations which were due to take place in...

Amnesty International: Australia's long wait for marriage equality is embarrassing

Amnesty International has said Australia is dragging its heels on marriage equality its becoming embarrassing as more and more countries embrace marriage equality. The group...

Activists detained in Moscow while attempting to deliver Chechen petition

Activists in Russia attempting to deliver a petition calling for an investigation into human rights abuses in The Chechen Republic were detained by authorities who...

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop raises concern over gay arrests in Chechnya

Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has raised concern over the report that 100 men in The Chechen Republic have been detained because of their...

Activists are helping gay men flee from Russia's Chechen region

Gay men in the Russian region of The Chechen Republic are fleeing as authorities reportedly round up people who are gay, or perceived to...

Being transgender is no longer a mental illness in Denmark

Denmark has become the first country to stop classifying transgender people as having a mental illness. The progressive nation announced it’s plan for the  reclassification...

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